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Freelancer at a tech vendor
Real User
The best feature is the real troubleshooting capability of PurePath analysis
Pros and Cons
  • "The best feature of the product for me is the real troubleshooting capability through the PurePath analysis."

    What is our primary use case?

    We use the product on our applications for monitoring and troubleshooting errors through customized dashboards.

    How has it helped my organization?

    The major impact of improvement is from AppMon in our development area. Now we are enable to find applications problems more quickly.

    What is most valuable?

    The best feature of the product for me is the real troubleshooting capability through the PurePath analysis. 

    I also like the Transaction Flow dashlet where I can see the real path of our web request through the application's layers.

    What needs improvement?

    I don't much like the Java Management Extension. I would rather do administration tasks in a web GUI.

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    For how long have I used the solution?

    Three to five years.
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    Principal Consultant at a tech vendor with 501-1,000 employees
    Vendor
    It simplifies a lot of the processes of performance tuning client systems before they go live
    Pros and Cons
    • "It simplifies a lot of the processes of performance tuning client systems before they go live."
    • "It severely reduces the time spent doing performance test cycles."
    • "Make the Web UI more robust. Last time I used the web interface, it was still pretty crude."

    What is our primary use case?

    We use it to do performance tuning and APM of production environments for clients. We have revamped our performance tuning practices to leverage Dynatrace instead of using OS-level tools, such as the sysstat package for Linux.

    How has it helped my organization?

    It simplifies a lot of the processes of performance tuning client systems before they go live. It severely reduces the time spent doing performance test cycles. We used to do three to four weeks of tests, and with clients using Dynatrace we can normally do it in one week.

    What is most valuable?

    • Drill downs all the way to the database calls.
    • Adding sensors.
    • Browsing PurePath.
    • Saving sessions.

    What needs improvement?

    Make the Web UI more robust. Last time I used the web interface, it was still pretty crude. Price also is a major concern for all the clients I work with.

    For how long have I used the solution?

    One to three years.
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    Works at a consultancy with 1,001-5,000 employees
    Consultant
    An extensible solution that is easy to install and manage
    Pros and Cons
    • "The most valuable features of Dynatrace are the ease of installation and management, as well as its extensibility."
    • "It needs a dashboard for cluster events in general, and for Kubernetes specifically."

    What is our primary use case?

    We use the Dynatrace platform to perform Application Performance Management for our Kubernetes clusters and some other legacy clusters. We have many Kubernetes clusters in our company and we are connecting each to an on-premise Dynatrace platform so that we can analyze the performance of each one separately.

    How has it helped my organization?

    Besides being an Application Performance management platform, Dynatrace has many important features that are easy to use. This gives us more time to focus on business. From installation to page load analysis, passing by monitoring hosts. Everything works like a charm.

    What is most valuable?

    The most valuable features of Dynatrace are the ease of installation and management, as well as its extensibility.

    Dynatrace provides a wide range of platform supports that can be installed.

    What needs improvement?

    The service should be improved such that it is more useful to its clients. For instance, detect repeated performance-issue-related root causes, optional log streaming for hosts, processes, or a group of processes.

    It needs a dashboard for cluster events in general, and for Kubernetes specifically.

    For how long have I used the solution?

    One year.

    What about the implementation team?

    For the Kubernetes part, we have a good operator that takes care of updating the agents so we have nothing to do.

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    Infrastructure Architect at Docebo
    MSP
    Automatic instrumentation of new services and technology without the need to install specific agents or modules
    Pros and Cons
    • "Improved visibility on performance and application issues."
    • "Automatic instrumentation of new services and technology without the need to install specific agents or modules."
    • "SSO options are missing."
    • "JIRA integration should be enriched and more granular."
    • "Filters should have a “negative” option."

    What is our primary use case?

    We are using it in our AWS environment for monitoring health and application performance for roughly 400 instances running thousands of Docker containers.

    How has it helped my organization?

    • Improved visibility on performance and application issues.
    • Automatic instrumentation of new services and technology without the need to install specific agents or modules.

    What is most valuable?

    • OneAgent
    • AI-powered problem analysis
    • Pre-configured alerts
    • AWS integration
    • API interface 

    What needs improvement?

    • SSO options are missing.
    • JIRA integration should be enriched and more granular.
    • Filters should have a “negative” option.

    For how long have I used the solution?

    One to three years.
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    Quality Analyst(Performance Testing) R & D at a tech services company with 501-1,000 employees
    Real User
    Enables us to monitor database queries and methods executed in a given timeframe

    What is our primary use case?

    We use it to find database hotspots, method hotspots, CPU, JVM , Disk I/O and more.

    How has it helped my organization?

    Has helped us find issues such as application suspension and to improve web services data.

    What is most valuable?

    PurePath, Database Hotspots, Method Hotspots, CPU, JVM, disk I/O and other graphs.

    What needs improvement?

    Find the right method, give the cause of suspension, give tips for resolution, and one call query to find method.

    For how long have I used the solution?

    One to three years.

    Which solution did I use previously and why did I switch?

    We were using a freeware tool and we needed all the information in one tool.

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    Development Architect at SAP Canada
    Vendor
    It monitors application performance, but it needs to be more flexible and user-friendly.
    Pros and Cons
    • "The most valuable feature is the monitoring of application performance."
    • "I would like Dynatrace to be more flexible and user-friendly."

    What is our primary use case?

    We use Dynatrace for application monitoring.

    How has it helped my organization?

    We use this product with the goal to improve our abilities.

    What is most valuable?

    The most valuable feature is the monitoring of application performance.

    What needs improvement?

    I would like Dynatrace to be more flexible and user-friendly. They could do more in-depth analysis of the application monitoring. Also, they also could do some type of anomaly detection with positioning and have better integration with AWS.

    For how long have I used the solution?

    Three to five years.

    What do I think about the scalability of the solution?

    So far, the scalability has been okay. Our customer base is hundreds of thousands.

    How is customer service and technical support?

    The product needs a lot of the support, especially on the consulting side and post sales. You will also need an administrator.

    Which other solutions did I evaluate?

    I was not involved in the decision-making process. However, there are more competitive products on the market, which are more user-friendly, feature-rich, etc.

    What other advice do I have?

    Research into similar products. 

    It adapts well for integration with other products in our environment.

    We don't use it for AWS.

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    Cloud Database Administrator at a tech services company with 501-1,000 employees
    Real User
    I can review behaviors, trending issues, and resolve issues before they impact our clients
    Pros and Cons
    • "It highlights areas that we could be doing better and increases our performance metrics by showing the biggest pain points."
    • "I can review behaviors, trending issues, and resolve issues before they impact our clients."
    • "Some of the APIs and integrations are a bit tougher than others to integrate."

    What is our primary use case?

    Full stack monitoring capabilities. Containerized monitoring is huge for us as majority of our applications are using containers.

    How has it helped my organization?

    It highlights areas that we could be doing better and increases our performance metrics by showing the biggest pain points. The analytics are amazing!

    What is most valuable?

    The big data analytics is the most powerful tool at my disposal. With the analytics, I can review behaviors, trending issues, and resolve issues before they impact our clients.  

    What needs improvement?

    Some of the APIs and integrations are a bit tougher than others to integrate. Django would be amazing!

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    Support and Services Manager at a tech services company with 51-200 employees
    Real User
    Amazing functionality, easy to operate, and dependable
    Pros and Cons
    • "The solution is amazing, it does well when you need to use it."
    • "The dashboard could improve."

    What is most valuable?

    The solution is amazing, it does well when you need to use it.

    What needs improvement?

    The dashboard could improve. The graphs available should have more features such as the ability to do data comparisons.

    What other advice do I have?

    I rate Dynatrace a ten out of ten.

    Disclosure: I am a real user, and this review is based on my own experience and opinions.
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